Please, be so kind and understand: I'm not predicting future.

Thus, all I can say is: yes, the Ukrainians do have a serious chance to get Kherson back, but the Russians are not going to leave without a…

Please, be so kind and understand: I'm not predicting future. Collecting facts, cross-checking them and analysing.

Thus, all I can say is: yes, the Ukrainians do have a serious chance to get Kherson back, but the Russians are not going to leave without a serious battle.

Mariupol: the defenders there are capable of holding out for a while longer.

Re. hiding strategic POL supplies: the military can do so, and is hiding its supplies. However, the mass of POL stocks are held in giant tanks and hiding these is next to impossible (except one would build them underground).